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Summer
Trojan
Volume LXXIV, Number 10
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, July 18, 1978
DIVIDED LOYALTIES
Iran’s student revolutionaries
Wherever thr Shah of Iran travels in the world he is usually met by violent demonstrations. Most of the demonstrations are led by Iranian foreign exchange students who wear masks to conceal their identities. From Iran's vast oil reserves, the Shah has accumulated a large amount of money. Yet poverty is rampant. The average life expectancy is 38 years. The Shah has invested much of the money in military hardware purchased from the United States. Rebellion against the Shah's policies has been met by severe retaliation. Many Iranians have lost their lives at the hands of the Shah's secret police force. Despite these harsh policies, the Shah has his supporters, including some Iranian college students who do not share the prevailing campus opinions about the Shah. This story examines two Iranian students at the university who are examples of this division between the pro- and anti-Shah students. It is a split that may never be healed peacefully.
By Tom Rosa
Last November nearly 17,000 college students marched in the streets of Tehran, the capital of Iran, chanting slogans against the strict policies of their country’s monarch, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Immediately the students were surrounded by members of the Shah's secret police force and the Iran an army. The confrontation was brief and bloody The Washington Post reported that 47 students were killed and numerous others were injured or arrested.
At that same time in the United States, the Shah was concluding talks with President Jimmy Carter in the White House. Iranian college students were there, too. Thousands of them marched in front of the White House gates, wearing masks to hide their identities from the Shah’s secret police force. The demonstrations in Washington,”D.C. were also bloody. Skulls were cracked, bones broken, as police tried to separate the anti-Shah students from a large group of the Shah's supporters.
The confrontations in Washington and Tehran were not unique. Protests occur wherever the Shah travels throughout the world, and demonstrations are usually led by Iranian foreign exchange students. The catalyst for the protests is the Shah’s strict policies. As Iran's sole ruler, the Shah can guarantee that his word is
law and his decisions final. He has drawn upon the large income from Iran’s vast oil reserves to construct lavish palaces, build exclusive resorts and play the host at extravagant parties for the world’s dignitaries. But the largest expenditure has gone for military hardware that the Shah has purchased from the United States. Since January, 1977, the Carter Administration has sold $5 billion in arms to Iran.
Despite Iran's growing wealth, there is rampant poverty throughout a country bordered by the Soviet Union. Iraq. Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan. Life expectancy in Iran is 38 years or less; the mortality rate for children under five years is 33 per cent. Electricity and sanitation are luxuries that few can afford. Illiteracy dominates in the rural areas, while many of Iran’s intellectuals stagnate in prison.
Some Iranian students fight for equality and a fairer distribution of Iran’s wealth. Others fight for intellectual freedom. But the Shah has said progress can only be made in Iran when total control is exercised by an elite. He told his people that once Iran achieved the technological standards of the industrialized West, all their freedoms would be restored. Meanwhile, the Shah uses his extensive arsenal and his 60,000-man secret police force to ensure that his policies are enforced.
(continued on page 4)
Reagan warns U.S. not to abandon Taiwan
By Merilynne Cohen
SUIT Writer
The United States should not attempt to normalize relations with mainland China if it means relations with Taiwan will have to be sacrificed, said former governor Ronald Reagan Monday.
Reagan was addressing members of the Committee to Conserve Chinese Culture and citizens of Chinatown about his views on his recent trip to Taiwan. After touring the country, Reagan said he was convinced the United States should do all it can to maintain close ties w'ith Taiwan and to keep it established as a center for the growth of Chinese culture.
“If we establish normal relations with mainland China, it will hurt U.S. relations with Taiwan, that has been a faithful ally of our country. Peking is saying that once normalization between the U.S. and mainland China is achieved, what the mainland does to Taiwan will be ‘nobody else’s business,’” Reagan said. “We can’t allow Peking to overtake Taiwan with military or economic warfare.”
Reagan expressed his admiration of the country of Taiwan and its people who he said managed to turn the country into one of advanced technology and a successful center for culture where its people are “always smiling, and are free to work and go about as they please.”
This, he said, is a sharp contrast to mainland China, which
imposes restrictions on its citizens’ civil rights.
“In dealing with the mainland, the United States must go in with its eyes open,” Reagan said. China might want to establish normalization with us only because they see us as the lesser of two evils when compared to Russia. We may find ourselves caught up in a fight with Russia,” he said.
Although Peking has announced that the government in mainland China has begun to allow its citizens some freedom of worship and travel, Reagan expressed doubt whether or not these rights have been put into effect.
“In dealing with the United States, the mainland of China can’t just tell us — they must be prepared to show us and the world their policies on rights,” Reagan said.
Reagan called on the American people to show how close they feel to Taiwan as a faithful ally.
“I’m willing to bet any American wouldn’t stand by relations with mainland China when the only fault of Taiwan is that its small and loves freedom.”
When asked whether he plans to run for the Presidency in 1980, Reagan said it was too early for any formal announcements but he “has not closed any doors.” He added that he hoped there will be at least one presidential candidate in 1980 that would show the bad points of severing relations with Taiwan.
Job picture looks bright for escaping graduates
By Therese Wells
Keeping pace with the national average, job offers to USC graduates have increased by more than 10% over last year, said Gregory D. Hayes, director of the Career Development Center.
Offers in the technical and engineering fields have jumped more than 25%, and many students in these areas have received multiple offers of employment, he said.
Hayes added that the demand this year for help in the technical fields far exceeded the supply of students at the university.
Unlike national statistics, which showed a 2% drop, liberal arts students have received more job offers this year than in the past, Hayes said.
He attributed this to the fact that many organizations that previously limited their recruitment to business majors are now interviewing, and some actively seeking, the liberal arts major.
Hayes said major companies seem less reluctant to train LAS students with marketable skills than in the past, and mentioned that the Career Development Center has placed LAS students in such diverse and unrelated fields as banking, accounting, retailing and marketing, as well as with public utilities and government agencies.
Hayes felt the increased success of LAS recruiting was due to the growth of on-campus recruiting activities.
Approximately 700 organizations visited campus this year, including 100 new organizations. Many of these firms made two or three visits to accommodate student interest.
Approximately 1400 students were interviewed, an increase of 400 over last year.
Along with the high degree of success in job placement. Hayes also pointed out that from the unofficial statistics he was receiving, salary offers in the technical fields were running in the middle to upper ranges of the national average, with some offers significantly higher than the top offer nationwide.
Salary offers for the liberal arts major generally coincide with the national average.
Hayes noted that women and minorities are still actively sought by all the organizations which recruit on campus.
The most acute need for women is in the technical areas, while the demand for ethnic minorities remains high in both the technical and nontechnical fields.
Hayes wished to emphasize that the Career Development Center is more than simply a job placement bureau, and attempts through special programs and projects to meet both the long and shortterm career development objectives of undergraduates and alumni.

Summer
Trojan
Volume LXXIV, Number 10
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, July 18, 1978
DIVIDED LOYALTIES
Iran’s student revolutionaries
Wherever thr Shah of Iran travels in the world he is usually met by violent demonstrations. Most of the demonstrations are led by Iranian foreign exchange students who wear masks to conceal their identities. From Iran's vast oil reserves, the Shah has accumulated a large amount of money. Yet poverty is rampant. The average life expectancy is 38 years. The Shah has invested much of the money in military hardware purchased from the United States. Rebellion against the Shah's policies has been met by severe retaliation. Many Iranians have lost their lives at the hands of the Shah's secret police force. Despite these harsh policies, the Shah has his supporters, including some Iranian college students who do not share the prevailing campus opinions about the Shah. This story examines two Iranian students at the university who are examples of this division between the pro- and anti-Shah students. It is a split that may never be healed peacefully.
By Tom Rosa
Last November nearly 17,000 college students marched in the streets of Tehran, the capital of Iran, chanting slogans against the strict policies of their country’s monarch, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Immediately the students were surrounded by members of the Shah's secret police force and the Iran an army. The confrontation was brief and bloody The Washington Post reported that 47 students were killed and numerous others were injured or arrested.
At that same time in the United States, the Shah was concluding talks with President Jimmy Carter in the White House. Iranian college students were there, too. Thousands of them marched in front of the White House gates, wearing masks to hide their identities from the Shah’s secret police force. The demonstrations in Washington,”D.C. were also bloody. Skulls were cracked, bones broken, as police tried to separate the anti-Shah students from a large group of the Shah's supporters.
The confrontations in Washington and Tehran were not unique. Protests occur wherever the Shah travels throughout the world, and demonstrations are usually led by Iranian foreign exchange students. The catalyst for the protests is the Shah’s strict policies. As Iran's sole ruler, the Shah can guarantee that his word is
law and his decisions final. He has drawn upon the large income from Iran’s vast oil reserves to construct lavish palaces, build exclusive resorts and play the host at extravagant parties for the world’s dignitaries. But the largest expenditure has gone for military hardware that the Shah has purchased from the United States. Since January, 1977, the Carter Administration has sold $5 billion in arms to Iran.
Despite Iran's growing wealth, there is rampant poverty throughout a country bordered by the Soviet Union. Iraq. Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan. Life expectancy in Iran is 38 years or less; the mortality rate for children under five years is 33 per cent. Electricity and sanitation are luxuries that few can afford. Illiteracy dominates in the rural areas, while many of Iran’s intellectuals stagnate in prison.
Some Iranian students fight for equality and a fairer distribution of Iran’s wealth. Others fight for intellectual freedom. But the Shah has said progress can only be made in Iran when total control is exercised by an elite. He told his people that once Iran achieved the technological standards of the industrialized West, all their freedoms would be restored. Meanwhile, the Shah uses his extensive arsenal and his 60,000-man secret police force to ensure that his policies are enforced.
(continued on page 4)
Reagan warns U.S. not to abandon Taiwan
By Merilynne Cohen
SUIT Writer
The United States should not attempt to normalize relations with mainland China if it means relations with Taiwan will have to be sacrificed, said former governor Ronald Reagan Monday.
Reagan was addressing members of the Committee to Conserve Chinese Culture and citizens of Chinatown about his views on his recent trip to Taiwan. After touring the country, Reagan said he was convinced the United States should do all it can to maintain close ties w'ith Taiwan and to keep it established as a center for the growth of Chinese culture.
“If we establish normal relations with mainland China, it will hurt U.S. relations with Taiwan, that has been a faithful ally of our country. Peking is saying that once normalization between the U.S. and mainland China is achieved, what the mainland does to Taiwan will be ‘nobody else’s business,’” Reagan said. “We can’t allow Peking to overtake Taiwan with military or economic warfare.”
Reagan expressed his admiration of the country of Taiwan and its people who he said managed to turn the country into one of advanced technology and a successful center for culture where its people are “always smiling, and are free to work and go about as they please.”
This, he said, is a sharp contrast to mainland China, which
imposes restrictions on its citizens’ civil rights.
“In dealing with the mainland, the United States must go in with its eyes open,” Reagan said. China might want to establish normalization with us only because they see us as the lesser of two evils when compared to Russia. We may find ourselves caught up in a fight with Russia,” he said.
Although Peking has announced that the government in mainland China has begun to allow its citizens some freedom of worship and travel, Reagan expressed doubt whether or not these rights have been put into effect.
“In dealing with the United States, the mainland of China can’t just tell us — they must be prepared to show us and the world their policies on rights,” Reagan said.
Reagan called on the American people to show how close they feel to Taiwan as a faithful ally.
“I’m willing to bet any American wouldn’t stand by relations with mainland China when the only fault of Taiwan is that its small and loves freedom.”
When asked whether he plans to run for the Presidency in 1980, Reagan said it was too early for any formal announcements but he “has not closed any doors.” He added that he hoped there will be at least one presidential candidate in 1980 that would show the bad points of severing relations with Taiwan.
Job picture looks bright for escaping graduates
By Therese Wells
Keeping pace with the national average, job offers to USC graduates have increased by more than 10% over last year, said Gregory D. Hayes, director of the Career Development Center.
Offers in the technical and engineering fields have jumped more than 25%, and many students in these areas have received multiple offers of employment, he said.
Hayes added that the demand this year for help in the technical fields far exceeded the supply of students at the university.
Unlike national statistics, which showed a 2% drop, liberal arts students have received more job offers this year than in the past, Hayes said.
He attributed this to the fact that many organizations that previously limited their recruitment to business majors are now interviewing, and some actively seeking, the liberal arts major.
Hayes said major companies seem less reluctant to train LAS students with marketable skills than in the past, and mentioned that the Career Development Center has placed LAS students in such diverse and unrelated fields as banking, accounting, retailing and marketing, as well as with public utilities and government agencies.
Hayes felt the increased success of LAS recruiting was due to the growth of on-campus recruiting activities.
Approximately 700 organizations visited campus this year, including 100 new organizations. Many of these firms made two or three visits to accommodate student interest.
Approximately 1400 students were interviewed, an increase of 400 over last year.
Along with the high degree of success in job placement. Hayes also pointed out that from the unofficial statistics he was receiving, salary offers in the technical fields were running in the middle to upper ranges of the national average, with some offers significantly higher than the top offer nationwide.
Salary offers for the liberal arts major generally coincide with the national average.
Hayes noted that women and minorities are still actively sought by all the organizations which recruit on campus.
The most acute need for women is in the technical areas, while the demand for ethnic minorities remains high in both the technical and nontechnical fields.
Hayes wished to emphasize that the Career Development Center is more than simply a job placement bureau, and attempts through special programs and projects to meet both the long and shortterm career development objectives of undergraduates and alumni.